Meat Market

Critics Review

• A gripping, personal tale of fame and misfortune

  BBC Radio 2

• Dawson has a gift for writing believable teenagers characters, and Meat Market is a powerful counterweight to light-hearted literature that still portrays modelling as the stuff of dreams

  The Guardian

• Juno Dawson slashes through the glamour of the fashion industry … combining blockbuster appeal with piercing commentary on modelling, body image and consent

  The Observer

• Well-researched and hard-hitting, the novel doesn’t skimp on the glamour but neither does it skirt the darker side of fashion

  Financial Times

• An unflinching expose of the darker side of fashion

  i newspaper

• A compelling story with an important – and timely – message

  S Magazine (Sunday Express)

• Having worked as a journalist on the fringes of the fashion industry, Dawson started to realise there were problems – namely, models were often very young, nameless and simply bodies who were not treated well by those around them. Meat Market is a gripping page-turner, an exposé of the dark and often seedy side of the industry, addressing timely themes around #MeToo and #TimesUp.

  The Independent

• Juno Dawson is one of the hottest writers of young adult fiction and non-fiction in the UK right now

  Bustle

• Guaranteed to be your summer read

  GLAMOUR

• Engaging, enthralling…Dawson’s book is heartbreaking, painful, and worth every second. . . you won’t be able to put it down as you get drawn into Jana’s world

  Happiful magazine

• Honest, raw, this timely exposé is essential post-#MeToo reading

  Image

• Meat Market shines a probing spotlight on the fashion industry, exposing its dark underbelly with a frankness that’s refreshing. Yet what makes this such a compelling and timely read is how Dawson balances the ugliness with humour and heart without being moralistic

  Culturefly

• It’s a totally compelling and compulsive read

  WRD magazine

• In an era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, this is an important read

  Woman's Way

• Juno Dawson covers topics applicable and of interest to Young Adult readers with honesty and realism

  NB Magazine

• There is something incredibly genuine about this novel in its depiction of the beauty trade’s ugly side. . . Dawson manages to make Jana’s story feel timely and universal without ever straying into cliché

  The F Word

• Intoxicating

  Tortoise